Новости за 30.05.2019

Do they actually have a good read on Irving?

Major League Soccer and Mexico's Liga MX are launching an annual competition called the Leagues Cup.

Grzelcyk sent to hospital following hit.

Remember when the Packers were criticized for firing coach Mike McCarthy with a month left in the season? As we argued at the time, that’s far better than the alternative. The alternative is this: Working secretly behind the coach’s back to line up potential replacements before firing the head coach, finagling a head start on [more]

The Falcons are trying to figure out ways to add a little juice to their pass-rush, and they’re doing some experimenting with new positions. According to D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, defensive end Takk McKinley has done some work at OTAs with the linebackers, as a possible precursor to a new role, or [more]

Justin Allgaier enters this weekend's Xfinity race at Pocono Raceway with consecutive runner-up finishes.

When discussing the challenges of learning his latest new offense, Josh Rosen invoked the name of the best modern quarterback. He also said it reminds him of an offense some fans would rather forget. Via Safid Deen of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Rosen said that in learning what new Dolphins offensive coordinator Chad O’Shea wanted him [more]

Thursday's collection of links.

It starts with when does Kevin Durant return?

Jaguars quarterback Nick Foles has returned to Organized Team Activities. Foles returned this morning, Mike Garafolo of NFL Network reports. On Wednesday, the Jaguars announced that Foles was taking time away for personal reasons, and he and his wife, Tori, later released statements saying that Tori had suffered a miscarriage.

Earlier this offseason, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers called running back Aaron Jones “most athletic, fast guy with a little bit of a belly” but Jones is bringing less of a belly with him to work this year. Jones said he’s cut his body fat in half while maintaining the same weight by cleaning up his [more]

Terrelle Pryor will soon have another NFL job. Pryor, the quarterback-turned-receiver who briefly showed promise with a 1,000-yard receiving season in 2016 but has bounced around the league with little success since then, is expected to sign with the Jaguars, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. The Jaguars worked Pryor out yesterday and apparently [more]

This will be the first of two race weekends this season at Pocono Raceway.

Malik McDowell was a second-round pick in April 2017, but never played for the Seahawks after suffering injuries in an ATV accident that summer and was released this March after two years on the non-football injury list. The Seahawks are now trying recoup McDowell’s signing bonus. Matt Charboneau of the Detroit News reports that the [more]

Danny Green needs to break out of his slump, for one.

After the Jets hired Gregg Williams as their defensive coordinator, head coach Adam Gase said on PFT that he was looking forward to pitting the offense against Williams’ defense in practice. Gase said the competitiveness between the two coaches would make “practices the difference maker for us is, it’s going to be like a game [more]

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has shown he can be calm under pressure. Even if that pressure is in the form of a tornado. Via Pete Grathoff of the Kansas City Star, Mahomes’ girlfriend shared a photo on social media of him sitting calmly and studying his playbook while severe storm warnings were in their area. [more]

Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt switched from the right side of the defense to the left side last season and saw his sack total rise from seven as a rookie to 13 in 2018. Watt also saw a rise in quarterback hits and forced fumbles, but he feels he could have done even more. Watt said [more]

As if being the first overall pick in the draft wasn’t enough pressure, rookie quarterback Kyler Murray already is drawing comparisons to 2018 NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes. Bob McManaman of the Arizona Republic has quotes from multiple Cardinals vouching for the notion that Murray throws the ball like Mahomes. “You could compare it to that,” [more]

The Colts are serving as Chad Kelly‘s latest last chance. And for his part, Kelly seems to realize that, or is at least saying the things that would indicate it. The former Broncos, former Ole Miss, former Clemson, former Last Chance U quarterback with a long string of off-field incidents is getting a shot in [more]

The Jets’ search for a new General Manager will heat up this weekend, with one more interview beyond the two which were previously reported. Via Rich Cimini of ESPN, Bears assistant director of player personnel Champ Kelly is scheduled to interview in the coming days, along with Seahawks co-director of player personnel Scott Fitterer (who will [more]

New Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury was known at Texas Tech for a pass-first offense, but that doesn’t mean a running back can’t get plenty of action in it — and that’s exactly what Cardinals running back David Johnson is expecting. Johnson said he could see himself having the kind of production in Kingsbury’s offense that [more]

Breshad Perriman has been reduced to being a spectator during OTAs for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers due to a shoulder injury. According to Greg Auman of TheAthletic.com, Perriman injured his shoulder two weeks ago and has been held out of workouts ever since. The Buccaneers signed former UAB wide receiver Xavier Ubosi to help add [more]

With injuries already taking a toll in the secondary, the San Francisco 49ers have asked Tarvarius Moore to lend a hand at his former position. According to Eric Branch of the San Francisco Chronicle, Moore was lining up at free safety during team workouts on Wednesday. Defensive coordinator Robert Saleh wouldn’t commit to a full-time [more]

The Blues defenseman took advantage of another chance.